Huskies

EUGENE, Ore. — Seconds after the start, Garret Sim pulled up and sank a difficult midrange jumper over Abdul Gaddy's outstretched hand.

The next time down the court, the Oregon senior guard rattled in a three-pointer before draining another basket behind the arc over Gaddy.

Even when Sim missed, the Ducks collected rebounds and flushed putback dunks.

It was that kind of night Thursday at Matthew Knight Arena.

Sim and Oregon rarely missed, while Washington missed everything and didn't put up much of a fight in an 82-57 defeat.

"They beat us in every way from the opening tip on," Huskies coach Lorenzo Romar said. "We got to give them a lot of credit."

The Huskies (16-8, 9-3 Pac-12) entered the game with sole possession of first place in the conference and riding a five-game winning streak.

They're now tied with California (19-6, 9-3) at the top of the standings and hoping for a split in the Willamette Valley with a game against Oregon State up next.

But before the Huskies can think about Sunday's game in Corvallis, they need to come to grips with their worst performance since falling 87-69 at Colorado on Jan. 5.

This game was similar to the first-half fiasco against Duke, the disappointing loss at Saint Louis and the embarrassing home defeat to South Dakota State.

"We just didn't show up," freshman guard Tony Wroten Jr. said.

He meant that metaphorically, but the Huskies actually had difficulty making it to the game. The ride from the team hotel to the arena usually takes 10 minutes, but their bus was stuck in traffic and rerouted due to an auto accident.

Washington arrived at the arena at 7:10 p.m. for the 8 p.m. tipoff, 45 minutes later than normal.

The Huskies didn't use the delay as an excuse. They credited the Ducks, who overwhelmed them from the start.

After Sim staked Oregon (17-7, 8-4) to an 8-0 lead, the Ducks continued to increase their advantage.

They went ahead 12-2 after about four minutes, and Sim (13 points) drained his third three-pointer midway through the first half to put Oregon up 24-13.

"We set the tone in the first eight minutes of the game," Oregon coach Dana Altman said. "Our enthusiasm and passion tonight really showed."

The Ducks, who led 49-26 at halftime, continued to run away from the Huskies in the second half.

Washington had won its previous three road games, but all of the old bugaboos returned for the Huskies, who began the season 0-5 away from Seattle.

They missed free throws, hitting just 7 of 18, committed 13 turnovers and allowed Oregon to shoot 56.4 percent from the field — the most this season for a UW opponent.

"I didn't see us falling flat on our face and doing such a poor job of executing," Romar said. "... The issue was, we were negligent on the defensive end, and they made us pay."

In addition to the shoddy defense, the Huskies couldn't get anything going offensively. They failed to make a field goal during a five-minute drought late in the first half.

Desmond Simmons scored on a putback with 7:10 left before the break, and Washington trailed 30-19. The Huskies didn't make another basket until he made another putback with 2:14 left in the half. By that time, they were down 43-22 and the outcome was decided.

Wroten, UW's leading scorer, finished with 14 points, while Terrence Ross had eight. C.J. Wilcox, who scored 24 points in the teams' first meeting, was 4 for 13 for 10 points.

"Every negative category you want to name you can probably check the box," Romar said. "Lack of execution. Lack of executing the scout. Lack of energy. Just very poor."

Romar stood motionless on the sideline with his arms folded as the Ducks finished the game with a series of highlights, including a windmill slam dunk from junior forward Carlos Emory (16 points) that thrilled the crowd.

"We needed a game like (this)," Ducks forward E.J. Singler said. "We just wanted to come out and play with a lot of passion."

Afterward, Romar worked to repair the Huskies' battered psyche.

"If we can not let this linger, go on and bounce back, then we'll be fine," he said. "We're still in first place. The loss didn't put us in last. We still have to work."

Percy Allen: 206-464-2278 or pallen@seattletimes.com.

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Box score

WASHINGTON (16-8)
min		fgm-a	ftm-a	or-t	a	pf	pts
Simmons	21	3-7	1-1	4-8	0	4	7
N'Diaye	21	3-7	0-4	4-4	1	2	6
Gaddy	36	1-5	0-0	0-2	1	0	2
Wroten	33	4-10	6-13	0-3	4	2	14
Ross	28	4-12	0-0	0-5	0	3	8
Stewart	3	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0
Breunig	3	1-1	0-0	0-2	0	0	2
Wilcox	23	4-13	0-0	2-6	0	0	10
S-Jenkins	3	0-1	0-0	1-1	0	4	0
Kemp Jr	9	2-2	0-0	1-1	0	1	4
Gant	20	2-8	0-0	2-2	1	4	4
	200	24-66	7-18	17-38	7	20	57

Percentages: FG .364, FT .389. Three-point goals: 2-16, .125 (Wilcox 2-7, Gaddy 0-1, Simmons 0-1, Gant 0-1, Wroten 0-2, Ross 0-4). Team rebounds: 4. Blocks: 0. Turnovers: 13 (Wroten 6, Wilcox 2, Ross 2, Simmons, Gaddy, N'Diaye). Steals: 8 (Wroten 4, N'Diaye 2, Simmons, Wilcox). Technicals: None.

OREGON (17-7)
min		fgm-a	ftm-a	or-t	a	pf	pts
Jacob	15	3-3	0-0	2-4	0	3	6
Singler	30	3-6	6-6	0-8	2	1	13
Woods	17	3-7	1-2	2-3	1	2	7
Sim	28	5-9	0-0	0-4	5	0	13
Joseph	35	6-13	0-0	0-4	3	1	13
Ashaolu	18	1-2	4-10	2-6	0	3	6
Loyd	15	0-3	0-0	0-0	5	0	0
Kingma	2	1-2	0-0	0-0	0	1	3
Nared	20	2-2	0-0	0-2	0	1	5
Emory	20	7-8	2-5	2-8	0	1	16
	200	31-55	13-23	8-39	16	13	82

Percentages: FG .564, FT .565. Three-point goals: 7-13, .538 (Sim 3-4, Nared 1-1, Kingma 1-2, Singler 1-2, Joseph 1-3, Emory 0-1). Team rebounds: 0. Blocks: 3 (Ashaolu, Sim, Woods). Turnovers: 11 (Sim 3, Singler 3, Joseph, Emory, Loyd, Woods, Ashaolu). Steals: 3 (Loyd, Emory, Nared). Technicals: None.

Washington	26	31	—	57
Oregon	49	33	—	82

Attendance: 9,035. Officials: Michael Eggers, Jim Giron, Bobby McRoy.